<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The SCEA Movement]]></title><description><![CDATA[CEWL]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:55:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://egmdarlington.wixsite.com/movement/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Addressing Violence in Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[My hunch is that this association comes from a similar place as the association with test-focused schools and misbehavior: the best way to get kids to buy into school, to cooperate with school staff, and to learn to deal with strong negative emotions in a healthy way, might be to model those things for them, to present them with trustworthy adults who are more interested in helping them than in punishing them. ]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/violence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f39e22bba4a2ace4700281</guid><category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[alternative school]]></category><category><![CDATA[violence]]></category><category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:29:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_100c00544a8a43b59b0b464e2eab27b7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Purpose of Public Education]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether or not South Carolina continues to ignore the constitutional prohibition against funding private schools (or attempts to amend the Constitution to make vouchers legal), we can’t uphold the goals of both the 1868 and 1895 Constitutions at the same time.]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/thepurpose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e111be9e117b67ff8257b9</guid><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Racial Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[vouchers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:48:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_2a5fd104f4b3422fa48817cc466542cd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why are lawmakers fixated on where children use the bathrooom?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How will school staff, in other words, “prove” that children are using the “correct” bathrooms?]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/bathroombills-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ca9cd0138134f81727d839</guid><category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[equity]]></category><category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:09:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_0286c6ebea5d4f60ad95a522f4c2f65b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are Budget Provisos?]]></title><description><![CDATA["The only way to influence members of the SC House and Senate is likely to contact them now, during the budget deliberations process."]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/budget</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b98418179d01fa61c1fe94</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[elections]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:53:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_aa0299a77fad40d8a63d1c4a674e5432~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-LGBTQ+ "Bathroom Bills"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The research on the harmful effects of passing school “bathroom bills” like these is also clear. ]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/bathroombills</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a84a9ef0b3e2caeb60fa98</guid><category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[equity]]></category><category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:13:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_bbd177c6518c49c8a7c1d7f0f49a3ff9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Impacts of Immigration Actions on Students and Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[However you feel about the laws that govern the immigration process or American borders, current federal enforcement of a sweeping interpretation of these policies has, in practice, been chaotic, violent, and cruel.]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6995cb51658df599f4fb4130</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[equity]]></category><category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:36:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_86046b18c2f9444cae80a8cacf9ecb03~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Parents Have Rights?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In order to have a functioning society, healthy adults— both parents and non-parents— balance their personal desires and feelings with what is in the best interest of all children.]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/parentrights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6982418b322c09b8312cc34c</guid><category><![CDATA[COVID]]></category><category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Book Banning]]></category><category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[equity]]></category><category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:46:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_959ee6a76dc642de91575c6a80f54501~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other Duties as Assigned]]></title><description><![CDATA[And it must be the state legislature which makes it possible for every district to recruit and retain more teachers and other vital school staff by taking some of the extra duties off of their plates. ]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/otherduties</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696e635497eedde805ea6e34</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:11:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_959ee6a76dc642de91575c6a80f54501~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revisionist Social Studies]]></title><description><![CDATA[While state law requires that standards undergo a rigorous review process that involve content-matter experts, this process has not always been carried out with transparency, ]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/revisionist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695bd7de3015b8c81103d82e</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[prager u]]></category><category><![CDATA[elections]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[equity]]></category><category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_1e045b5bff2d473ea5e293719fb074dc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Vacations and “Learning Loss"]]></title><description><![CDATA[As education writer and teacher Peter Greene has often pointed out, much of the learning loss panic traffics in the fallacy that correlation automatically implies causation. ]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/learningloss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6942de5433c5123904ed912a</guid><category><![CDATA[COVID]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Racial Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category><category><![CDATA[vouchers]]></category><category><![CDATA[reading]]></category><category><![CDATA[summer break]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:53:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_cb55cd81da534a158837e1e743eadacc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right to Work]]></title><description><![CDATA["This leaves the state’s public employees uniquely unable to collectively bargain and limited in their ability to organize to improve their working conditions."]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/righttowork</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692de90e67eb1fd12e51abf9</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:20:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_539599f595524f8e82117e21bf0fd795~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Your Theory of Change?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The gains made by the labor movement rarely happened because workers asked employers or public officials 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will” employment state like South Carolina.]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/schoolcontent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f6528e024e11cde2656af9</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Book Banning]]></category><category><![CDATA[reading]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_8a423cc5c38b4b2ab0717dfe4e318978~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusionary School Discipline]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Carolina continues to struggle with how to serve all students, including those with behavior problems which are often caused or exacerbated by undiagnosed or unserved emotional or cognitive issues.]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/exclusionary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dfd0ff389c7e406c7e8b82</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Racial Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[equity]]></category><category><![CDATA[alternative school]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:19:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_81302a11b7a34241867d6a52992dec07~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acknowledging the existence of transgender students isn’t “goofy stuff”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every major American medical association has affirmed the reality of transgender people, and has supported research-based gender-affirming care. ]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/goofystuff</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b70208e456be9f106f7a0e</guid><category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category><category><![CDATA[equity]]></category><category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:48:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_07c3f39f4f20492b98e770f6b45efcba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it mean to be “data-driven”? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pandemic-era school policies are a useful example of how schools and districts often “use data."]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/data-driven</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a3400f6aa481be49303558</guid><category><![CDATA[data]]></category><category><![CDATA[COVID]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Professional Development]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:05:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_1a2466a86dd446d196a1732094f59494~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Parental Rights" as a Pro-Voucher Slogan]]></title><description><![CDATA[In practice, multiple studies have found that “school choice” tends to disproportionately benefit wealthy families and/ or families which were already paying for private school tuition.]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/parentalrights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68920dc8ec043cd10a559b87</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[vouchers]]></category><category><![CDATA[elections]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:15:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_a1edad2c0cbd44a9864648ff955e95d8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Research Tells Us About School Takeovers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe if the state were to adequately fund these “failing” districts, 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environments that allow good teachers to keep teaching for as long as they want.]]></description><link>https://www.cewl.us/post/teaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68669be51901e5c83f719479</guid><category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category><category><![CDATA[vouchers]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:14:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92448f_dc1fe45e490147cb904303a779a0d0af~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steve Nuzum</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>